We’re back, baby! Tuck chats with Lamya H (she/they), author of Hijab Butch Blues. Topics include: 

• Discovering queer themes (and dykes!) in the Quran 
• How having a baby helped Lamya assert their own gender identity 
• TFW someone suggests you read your own pseudonymous memoir 
• Finding gender euphoria in religious practice
• Plus: Pinkwashing, Dadaism, and subway speed challenges

This Week in Gender: Dakota Hommes reports on union bargaining for trans healthcare. 

Find Lamya at lamyah.com and @lamyaisangry. Paperbacks are available for preorder. 

We’ve got three Palestinian solidarity designs (plus trains flag restocks) in the merch shop this month.

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Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Away Game” “Faithless Constellation” “Passages Interlude” & “Copper Halls” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Aphrodisia Boutique (code: GENDERREVEAL) and DeleteMe (code: TUCK20)

Tuck chats with journalist Rax Will (he/they) about queer food, pronoun-themed cocktails, and “AFAB” trans clothing brands (derogatory). Plus, news about next season!

Listen to the full episode on Patreon for discussions of:

• Rax’s extensive research about trans people and dog food(?!)
• Why the hottest new accessory is the NYC diaper
• Receiving the perfect “sorry I misgendered u” gift 
• Why one of the best queer bars won’t hang a pride flag
• And more that we cannot even mention here!!! 

Find Rax @bigfoodie69. Articles mentioned in this episodes include:

• “The Best Shorts for Trans Men and GNC Badboyz” (lol)
• “The Next Generation of ‘Lesbian Bars’ Is Here. What Should We Call Them?”
• “When Sir and Ma’am Miss the Mark: Restaurants Rethink Gender’s Role in Food Service” (gift link)

Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Dialtone 11” by Blue Dot Sessions

Tuck speaks with Ally Beardsley and Babette Thomas way back on Trans Day of Snack 2023. It's a Gender Reveal x Gender Spiral crossover event! 

Find Gender Spiral at genderspiralpod.com as well as Instagram, TikTok, and Patreon. 

A few quick announcements on what's coming up next. 

Thanks to Blue Dot Sessions as always for the music bed. 

Quick announcement because I remembered that not everyone is on Instagram dot com.

This year's grant applications close on Halloween night. Apply at bit.ly/GRgrant23, and find a full list of past grant recipients at genderpodcast.com/grant. Spread the word! 

Grab free tickets for the November 10 2 Trans 2 Furious event (featuring Tuck, Tre'vell Anderson, and Mckenzee Griffler) at bit.ly/2T2FLA. Only a few left! 

Also, we've got a new Gender Conceal episode with Mckenzee and it really is something.

Tuck chats with activist Raquel Willis (she/her). Topics include: 

• Why having the ~most radical gender~ isn’t a useful standard 
• Reconciling your feminism with your transsexual desires 
• Parental loss, and death as an animating force
• How to choose a good beneficiary for trans fundraising 
• Plus: Afrotransmisogyny, Janet Mock, and… Fortnite??

This Week in Gender: Girlfriends by Emily Zhou; Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas; People Collide by Isle McElroy; Laugh Riot by Io & Jonas Goonface.

Find Raquel on Instagram and Twitter. Preorder The Risk It Takes to Bloom before Nov 14.

Find a copy of 2 Trans 2 Furious here, and join us on Nov 10 at North Figueroa in LA! (RVSP HERE.)

Check out our nonprofit merch store by October 15! 

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Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Di Breun” and “Hedgeliner” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: ShopEnby.com (promo code: GenderReveal)

Tuck and Ozzy chat with author Alison Rumfitt (she/her). Topics include: 

• When people fail to recognize their kink as simply a kink
• Letting go of the need to ~understand~ TERFs
• What makes a good trauma narrative?
• Reappropriating an accidentally-trans Eminem lyric
• Plus: Utopian organ dreams and trans slug allyship? (Also: worms!) 

Find Alison @alison.zone (IG) and @hangsawoman (Bluesky/Twitter). Preorder Brainwyrms before Oct 10.

Come see Tuck & Mckenzee at North Figueroa Bookshop on Nov 10! 

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Find a copy of 2 Trans 2 Furious here.

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Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderSponsors: ShopEnby.com (promo code: GenderReveal)

Tuck chats with drag performer Chiquitita (she/her). Topics include: 

• Why trans people make the best drag performers (even w/o clothes)
• Dealing with family members who don’t grow alongside you
• A romcom-worthy t4t meet-cute 
• An exclusive future name change announcement(!)
• Plus: Nicki, Lana, TS Jackson, getting FFS in Spain and tranifesting a trans magician??

This Week in Gender: Should you let an app trace your gender? Part 3! 

Find Chiqui @chiquitettas on IG.

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2 Trans 2 Furious PDFs and physical copies available via BigCartel.

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Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Tall Journey” and “Dream Her Voice” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: ShopEnby.com (promo code: GenderReveal) and bit.ly/transtechdesign.

Tuck chats with Casey Plett (she/her), Fran Tirado (she/they) and Kendra Wells (they/them) live at the Bell House. Topics include: 

• Gossip from the Fire Island Doll Invasion
• Is Fast & Furious more like Shakespeare or Dante’s Inferno?
• Casey’s very secret fan fiction
• Kendra's book title reveal! 
• Plus: Elf pervert gender, Che Diaz redemption arc, and a fast(!) reading from Casey

Find Kendra at kendrawcandraw.com. Find Fran @fransquishco and Like a Virgin. Find Casey at caseyplett.com (and last week’s episode). Find several additional segments on our patreon very soon! 

Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s message was from “MOTHER,” She Wrote.

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Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Palms Down” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: ShopEnby.com (promo code: GenderReveal)

Tuck and Ozzy chat with author Casey Plett (she/her). Topics include: 

• Is queer community… bad for us?
• Is it finally time to talk about Topside?
• The present and future of trans publishing
• Accidentally teaching girlies about the COGIATI(!?)
• Plus: Mennonite masculinity, Super Smash Bros, and Taylor Swift’s Red

This Week in Gender: Niko Stratis shares the latest from Autostraddle’s ongoing implosion. Read more via MB’s thread.

Find Casey at caseyplett.com and preorder On Community.

Submit a piece of Theymail: a small message or ad that we’ll read on the show. Today’s messages were from Wig Dog Press and Axe Thembro.

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2 Trans 2 Furious PDFs and physical copies available via BigCartel.

Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: “Posh and Vine” and “St. Augustine Red” by Blue Dot Sessions Sponsors: Queer Candle Co. (promo code: GENDER10)